Holding device for the coin-lock and vending mechanism of coin-controlled vending-machines.



W.l. RAVERT. HOLDING DEVICE FOR THE COIN LOCK AND VENDING MECHANISIVI OF COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINES, APPLICATIDN FILD AUG-24. |917.

Patented. Mar. 26, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.`

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Application filediAugust 24, 1917. Serial No. 188,608.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAn I. Revisar, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the countyY of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new` and useful Holding Device for the Goin- Lockand Vending Mechanism `of Coin.- Controlled Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to holding devices for the coin lock and vendingmechanism of a coin-controlled vending machine, and its objectis to provide readily accessible and removable means for holding the coin locking and vending `mechanism in the casing of the machine, with such mechanisms of unitary character so that they may be introduced or removed from the casing as a whole.

In accordance with the invention, the machine is provided with a casing having a ledge or shelf on which the coin lock and vending mechanism as a unitary structure is lodged, and the ledge and mechanism carried thereby are united by suitable thumb bolts, while the Varticle receptacle, by means of which the article is brought within reach of the customer, is so positioned as to coact with thethumb bolts to hold the coin lock and vending mechanism iirmly within the casing and yet permit the removal of these parts without the aid of tools.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification. with the further understanding that, while the drawings show a practical form of the invention. the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front to rear vertical section through the vending machine embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l; y

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig 4 is a perspective view of one end of the ledge and the frame of the vending machine, with one ofthe thumb bolts in the inoperative or unlocked position.

Referring to the drawings, there shown a. casing l having within. it near its front a ledge or shelf 2 provided with a rear wall 3 supporting its rear edge from the bottom of the casing. The front edge of the shelf 2 is closely adjacent to a trough l by means of which articles released by the vending mechanism gravitate to the exterior of the machine and are there held in accessible position for removal by the customer.

rEhe coin lock and vending mechanisms arc indicated simply by a supporting frame 5 without any attempt to show the mechanisms, since the invention has nothing to do with such mechanisms but onlv with the means for holding the mechanisms within the casing l. The frame 5 has upright sides and a bottom portion 6, which latter is arranged to rest upon the shelf or ledge 2 with the front edge underneath the trough L1lwhere within the casing and wedging between the tro-ugh -l and the front edge of the shelf 2.

The rear edge of the bottom 6 has longitudinal slots or recesses 7 extending therethrough and opening at the rear edge of the bottom 6. The ledge or shelf 2 and uprightwall 3 where joining have slots 8 formed therein. these slots each havinga branch arranged to match the slot 7, and another branch in the wall 3. Extending through the slots S are bolts 9. each having a head 10 at one end holding the bolt in the slot and at the other end each bolt has applied thereto a wing or thumb nut 11. Furthermore, the bolts carry washers 12 so that the thumb nuts l1 need not come into direct contact with the bottom member 6 of the frame 5. When the unitary structure made un of the coin lock and vending mechanism is lodged within the casing l and placed upon the ledge or shelf 2 with the front edge of the bottom 6 wedged beneath the trough 4, the thumb bolts 9 are raised from those branches of the slots 8 in the wall 3 and brought into the branches of the slots 8 in the shelf 2, at the Sametime moving into the slots 7 through the rear open ends thereof, and then by screwing down the thiunb nuts 1l the coin lock and vend,-

, necessary to loosen the thumb nuts ll and move the thumb bolts out of the slots 7,

Y allowing them to drop into the branches of the slots 8 in the wall 3. Now the whole structure may be easily and quickly lifted from the casing for repair or inspection or other desired operation.

In order that the interior of the casing l may be readily accessible, the casing has a top portion 1.3 connected to the body of the casing by a hinge le or otherwise, so that the top portion of the casing may be moved out of the way, thus exposing the interior of the casing for the removal of the mechanism which the frame 5 carries.

The arrangement of the invention is especially valuable in multiple vending machines, where, upon occasion, changes of the vending units are to be made. In a large casing containing quite a large number of such vending units, the entire change may be made more rapidly than is customary where the vending units are fastened by fixed bolts or screws or the like, and furthermore, the use of tools is entirely avoided, so far as the fastening devices of the vending units are concerned.

What is claimed is:

1. A vending machine having a unitary vending structure for bodily insertion and removal from the vending machine, a supporting frame for the vending mechanism having a bottom plate, a supporting shelf or ledge for the bottom plate, a discharge trough for the vended articles between which trough and supporting plate the bottom of the vending frame may be wedged, and thumb bolts for fastening the bottom plate to lthe supporting shelf, said plate and shelf having matching slots with the slots in the shelf extending out of the way of the slots in the plate for moving the bolts out of the path of the bottom plate of the frame of the vending mechanism without disconnecting the bolts from the supporting shelf.

2. A vending machine provided with insertible and removable vending mechanism, a support for the vending mechanism, means whereby the vending mechanism is automatically wedged at one portion when on the support, and thumb bolts carried by the support and engaging the vending mechanism at another portion, said thumb bolts being movably and constantly attached to the support and movable into and out of engagement with the vending mechanism for holding and releasing the latter at.will and without the aid of tools.

8. A vending machine having a casing with a shelf or support at the bottom portion thereof and a discharge trough for vended articles at the front portion of the casing in close relation to and above the shelf or support, a unitary structure including vending mechanism and having a bottom portion to rest upon the shelf or support with the front part of the bottom por tion wedging between the article receiving trough and the corresponding portion of the shelf, said bottom portion of the vending mechanism and the shelf at the rear edges having matching slots, with the slots in the support extending out of the path of the slots in the bottomV portion of the vending mechanism, and fastening devices carriedby the support and movable in the slots therein into and out of the slots in the bottom portion of the vending mechanism and provided with means for clamping the matching slotted portions of the vending mechanism and support together.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM Isaac navnnfr.`

l/Vitnesses HARRY M. Canina, STEPHEN ELLIOTT.

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Washington, D. C. 

